იბერია

Georgian

Etymology

Earlier form was *ჰიბერ (*hiber), *ჰბერ (*hber). Its newer form is represented by ივერია (iveria), influenced by the corresponding sound change in Greek. For the sound change compare the Greek names of Βασίλειος (Basíleios) and Βασίλειος (Vasíleios).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ibeɾia]
  • Hyphenation: იბე‧რია

Proper noun

იბერია • (iberia)

  1. Georgia (a country in the Caucasus)
  2. (historical) Iberia, Caucasian Iberia (an antique and Byzantine name for the geographic region and ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli in Eastern Europe, located east of Colchis, corresponding roughly to the eastern parts of present-day Georgia)
  3. Iberian peninsula (a peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar)

See also

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